Wednesday 29 April 2015

Pedal Power!



Today we had a wonderful time, making smoothies with Tim from Sustrans. He has visited us before to talk about the benefits of cycling, especially to and from school. Today, however, he brought a particularly exciting bike with him!



Tim asked each group to follow a recipe of 3 bananas, 4 strawberries, 2 spoonfuls of blueberries and some apple juice for the smoothie. We each took a turn to add the ingredients for our smoothies to a blender jug, which was then attached to the back of Tim's smoothie bike. Each child in the class then had a turn at pedalling on the special bike, to power the blender. We used pedal power to make our own smoothies and everyone agreed that they were delicious!




A Disease Strikes!

 
Yesterday with Mrs Herrera, St. George's Class had a very important mission! The school had been infected by a mysterious disease and it was up to St. George's Class to save them all! They had to use their knowledge of states of matter to decide how the disease might be spreading and what they could do to stop it. There were lots of interesting solutions and some terrifying ideas for the symptoms the disease might present with!

Take a look at the work the scientists completed inside the quarantine zone:






Saturday 25 April 2015

Cesar's Fantastic Titanic Pictures!


Take a look at this wonderful piece of work by Cesar! He drew a Titanic story at home, which shows what happened to the Titanic step-by-step.

We were all so impressed by his hard work- we could see that he spent a lot of time on this at home. Mrs Day thought it was wonderful too! Very well done, Cesar!







Our Class Poem: Shock

 
This week, we have read lots more of Kaspar Prince of Cats. There was a big twist in the story and the main character, Johnny, received some terrible news.

We used this as inspiration to write a poem together, using our ladder technique. We worked together to suggest lines for the poem, then we sorted them into an order we liked, before dividing them into verses and editing the punctuation.

Here is our completed poem:

Shock
What's wrong?
Could it be true?
Shock hits me like lightning,
Falling off a cliff,
A thought as deep as the sea.

Heart pounding,
Jaw dropping,
Stomach churning,
Throat burning,
Brain bursting.

My blood freezes,
Unstoppable pain,
Attacks me like a tiger.

Surrounded by darkness.

By St. George's Class

It's a fantastic poem, with lots of great examples of types of poetic language. Can you spot a metaphor? Can you see a simile? How about some alliteration?

Well done!

Source: http://sgpc.floriana.skola.edu.mt/category/assemblies/

Congratulations St. George's Class on a fantastic assembly! You all performed brilliantly yesterday and we were very proud of you! We had lots of lovely comments from children, visitors and the other teachers; they all thought it was an excellent assembly and they were very impressed by your acting talents. Well done!

Thank you to all of the parents and carers who came to support the children. We hope you enjoyed it!

Thursday 23 April 2015

Happy St. George's Day!

Happy St. George's Day from St. George's Class!

Families and friends, we hope you will be able to come and see our class assembly about St. George tomorrow at 9am.


Source: clker.com

Tuesday 21 April 2015

The Arrival of Kaspar!


Last week, we started our new Titanic topic and began reading the wonderful 'Kaspar Prince of Cats'.

Here are some highlights from the excellent work produced in St. George's Class last week:

 By Dexter

 By Blessie

 By Cesar

 By Kiara

 By Bella

 By Jack G

 By Justin S.

By Sean

Saturday 18 April 2015

A New Topic... The Titanic!


This week we started our new topic; we will be learning all about the Titanic.

 Source: Harper Collins Children's Books

We will be reading the wonderful 'Kaspar Prince of Cats' by Michael Morpurgo to help us learn all about the tragic events of 1912.

Take a look at this fantastic website, which is packed full of information about the Titanic:

http://www.ultimatetitanic.com/

Coming Soon...

Source: clker.com

Next Friday (24th April), we will be performing our final class assembly of the year. Parents, carers and families- we hope you will be able to join us at 9am!

Children, make sure you bring your costumes into school on Monday!

Beautiful Teamwork!


Yesterday, we worked in our house teams to create this beautiful piece of art. Each house was given a different season, then we put them together to create this lovely tree.

Sapphire House: Spring
Emerald House: Summer
Ruby House: Autumn
Diamond House: Winter

Fantastic teamwork, St. George's Class!

Saturday 11 April 2015

Wonderful Writing!

I would like to share some absolutely marvellous writing with you! Click on the pictures below to make them larger and easier to read.

Here are some wonderful examples of stories, or story openings, set in the abandoned world of Epic Citadel:

By Justin M


 By Louis

 By Daniella


 By Darcy

 By Bella

By Jack N.

Very well done for this fantastic work! I'm looking forward to our new term, we have some very exciting projects ahead of us!

100,000 views!



Congratulations St. George's Class!

Our blog has had over one hundred thousand (100,000) page views! Wow!

Monday 6 April 2015

Egg-cellent Easter Games!

Happy Easter! I hope you are enjoying your break!

Here are some fun games for you to play:

Easter Egg Hunt
This is my new favourite game! It gets much harder after level 3, after level 7 it's really tricky and level 10 is nearly impossible! See if you can complete the game:

http://www.softschools.com/games/puzzle_games/easter_egg_hunt/
Source: http://www.softschools.com/games/puzzle_games/easter_egg_hunt/

Easter Egg Catch
http://www.akidsheart.com/holidays/easter/eggcatch.html
Source: http://www.akidsheart.com/holidays/easter/eggcatch.html

Egg Design

http://www.softschools.com/games/educational_games/easter_egg_designer/
Source: http://www.softschools.com/games/educational_games/easter_egg_designer/

Enjoy these games. Remember, do not play any other games or click any links without checking with an adult first.

Sunday 5 April 2015

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter! Today is Easter Sunday. Have a wonderful day!

Source: Easter Sayings

Friday 3 April 2015

Good Friday

 Source: holycrossnyc

Today is Good Friday.

Today we remember the day that Jesus was crucified. It is a sad and serious day when we do not have special treats; some families might fast or avoid meat and the church will have no flowers and the statues might be covered. Today we observe the Stations of the Cross and we will hear the story of the Passion.

 Source: googlinggod

This website has the Stations of the Cross for children:

http://www.cptryon.org/prayer/child/stations/index.html